The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1864. It has long been decided that the age of chivalry is past, and surely if any confirmation were wanting to the fact the Dane-German war has furnished proof positive to that effect. From the commence ment to the close of this unequal struggle we have witnessed nothing but extravegant extortion and cruel aggression on the part of the German Powers. Their course has been unparalleled in the annals of modern times for rapacity and revenge, and this, too, on a harmless people who had done them no injury. Whatever there has been to denounce cn the part of the Russians in their conduct towards Poland, and to deplore in the sufferings of that wretched land, it is certain that where once des perate natures have held sway they are not likely to lose their hold without making a most desperate resistance. The prey once grasped is still han kered after, and it is no easy matter to make the spoiler yield his prize, however unlawful might have been the means that once put it into his pos session. This reason, for it cannot be called an excuse, does not in any way hold good in respect to the attitude assumed by the Germans in regard to Denmark and the Danes. They never held dominion over the place they now so ruthlessly attack, nor ruled over the people they relentlessly persecute. Their vehement course, their violent demeanour, and their fierce fighting for territory show the bent of their grasping minds and the want of consideration that actuates their course. If any thing could have aroused the inaction which Ira. fortunately seized upon Europe at the time when the united armies proceeded on their cruel expedi. Con, surely it must have been the manner in which the theories were put into practice, and the designs executed by the aggressors. It was bad enough to go to war at all, but to carry on the contest in such a style as has been chronicled was outrageous in the extreme. In times when honour was more thoeght of an universal outcry from all the nations of Christendom would have been raised against the depredators, who in plenitude of power and pride of possession marched on to carry desolation into smiling provinces, and make the homesteads of happy peasants the ecene of slaughter. It would appear from the testimony of all 'witnesses and the general aspect of affairs, as if the desire of the German Powers had been to erase Denmark altogether from the map of Europe, and so incorporate her ravished territories with those of her enemies, that the next generation would have had nothing of a tangible nature to remind them of the existence of that gallant little kingdom which sent forth such brave armies to meet the advances of a Powerful and pitiless foe. Doubtless the general expression of public opinion in England, and the strong lang uage eniployed in the great a, : bme on foreign eigai s . r towards the close of the ~lesion, in some measure contributed to stay the sacrifice and modify the catastrophe. Ia France, a l s o, although for political reasons nothing was done of a material nature to afford assistance, the sympathy of the press and people were warmly ex pressed on behalf of toe assailed St ate; and all these secondary interpositions combined to ells. vista the horrors of the final scene. Yet, when w e reflect upon the tidings that reached us of the mode in which the warfare was carried on, the nnneces. sary Violence aided to the inseparable horrors of war, the brutality in which the Prussian troops in. dulsed, sad the execute into which their officers a lowed them to plunge, it must seem outrageous to all thinking minds to know that, so far from being ashamed of such extravagant and extreme measures, there is rejoicing m ade, and boastings heard of doings that bear no light of day upon them. One would think that even Prussian as surance might forbear this last insult to the com mon sense, this oncrage on the good taste, and this violation of the right feelings of the other great Powers of Europe. When we hear of trophies of such a war, of monuments to be erected in honour of such a dishonourable affair, we may well under• stand how the mighty are fallen, and how much utilitarian influences have prevailed, to the extinc -1 tion of better feelings and good faith. The present King of PRUSSIA has made nothing but blunders since he first came to the throne. He has disap pointed the expectations of all who had prophecied that he would do better things than his predeces sors. The self-sufficiency which prompted him to take the crown from the altar and place it upon his head with his own hands was symbolical of the proud perversity and arrogant assumption with which he intended to rule, or rather to 1 mis-rule, the people whom Providence had committed to his care. Since that memorable day how dark has been his doings. He has come promised the liberties of the country at home, and for ever tarnished its honour abroad. He has been in league with the great enemy of European liber ties to put down freedom at any cost, and done all directly and indirectly to crush out the smouldering fire of liberty in unhappy Poland. He has listened to the counsels, and kept as a constant adviser a statesman whose policy has called forth the indig nation of all Europe. His course in respect to Den mark has signally disgraced him as a King, and been unworthy of his position in every respect; in short, no Monarch of conscientious principles, and no ruler inspired with a spirit of magnanimity, would think of allowing such a war to be made. Still more would he have disdained the mode of its procedure, and have refused to listen to the terms of the propositions for peace. What can be said in defence of a ruler who makes an attempt to cele brate the course of this war by the erection of monuments it is difficult to imagine. Doubtless some apologists may be found, but never will their arguments prevail in communities that share the honest conviction, and are actuated by the honour able feelings, of freemen. What is there to be proud of in the affair ? It is a disgrace to the army of Prussia to imagine that there was any difficulty to advance in their engagements with the Danes. For Denmark to be proud of her troops is another affair altogether. Well might that gallant and little nation have honoured their soldier sons who so nobly exposed themselves to fearful odds, and that without hope of success to crown their efforts, and reward their endeavours. Of them it may truly be said in the poet's glowing words— ' They aro true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. The column about to bo erected at the Hotel des Invalides at Berlin in memory of the late war, will be the monument of a lasting disgrace to that city. Those who set it up little know the harm that they are doing, nor the reproach that will be visited on their work. The more considerate among themselves blush to hear of such a purpose, and bitterly regret the nation that suggested its erection. Rightly considered, it is one of the most barefaced attempts to ignore the criticism lavishly heaped upon. the unfair contest that has ever been witnessed. If King Witeefeee's latest order be attended to, he will have ample cause to regret its fulfilment. It he la spared long enough to outlive the temporary clamour of all this make-believe glory he will hear plenty of reactionary statements. War cannot last for ever, and when the people of Prussia find that they have been hoodwinked into giving up their civil rights for a war that has brought them no honour, they may one day point with bitter scorn to a trophy that celebrates the triumph of Might against Right. It is a bitter thought for English men to dwell upon that this monument is to dis figure a capital where the eldest daughter of England is one day expected to reien as a Queen. It is quite inconsistent with the views and senti ments of this nation that the success of the strong over the weak in a cruel war waged from no ex• cusable motive should be thus signalised and set forth in triumph. No real honour rests with the affair, and when in the coarse of time the more fla grant instances of Prussian exaction shall have almcst faded out of recollection, a glance at this miserable memento will serve to bring back the past in all its horrors to the memory. It will be a landmark of tyranny and oppression, and a trophy of the triumph of wrong. If such are to be set up in the high places of a city, it is pretty evident that the national spirit is not alive to the true instincts of honour, and the popular recognition of greatness is indeed obscured, if not altogether lost. The arrival of the Calcutta mail fails to bring us any striking intelligence, and we may congratulate ourselves that such is the case. The wayfarer who journeys along the broad and beaten highway has little to tell when be gets to his journey's end ; it is the traveller through rough and dangerous wilds who has to encounter risks, dangers, and disconas forts, who can give us an animated and exciting narrative. In like manner the country which is on Ithe high road of peace and prosperity, cannot hope 1 to compete in interesting intelligence with lands that are desolated by a foreign invader or agitated by internecine strife. Of the Bhootan affair we hear very little. The Viceroy is, it is said, opposed to war if it can possibly be avoided; and again, it is stated in other quarters that he will not suffer the maltreatment of a British Envoy to pass an. punished. The Bhooteas, it is said, did not extort the renunciation of the whole of Assam in the unlucky treaty, but only of such parts as they wanted. At all events the Government is silent, and the authorities endeavour, as far as possible, to check discussion on the matter, thinking, perhaps, that it is better the Bhooteas should not sup. pose we attach much importance to a trap. section which, whatever its results, at present savours of the ridiculous. Preparations are 1 being made in the arsenal, however, and a re. committing cfficer has bees sent to the north-east frontier to collect information, with a view to the possibility of the jest becoming earnest. Forewarned is forearmed, and whatever line of conduct the Bhooteas may determine upon following, it is scarcely likely that our authorities will be unpre pared to deal with them. The Mussulmaus are still restless and mischief making. The headquar ers of their disaffection are at present at Petrie, i whero their proceedings are closely watched. Whir,; ; the Government is on its guard there is not much fear that the grand Mussulman's prophecy of over. throwing the British rule this yeem will advance very far towards its fulfilment. The religious fanaticism of India had just received its most con. spicuous illustration when the mail left. The great Juggernaut saturnalia, which combines the two great Lasts of Hindoo worship, had come off with UL wonted eclat, three iolantary victims being crusted to death beneath the wheels of the tri amphant car. From the description of the throngs which pressed around this dismal ch ar i ot, i t is not difficult to =Agin° MA accidents Ware likely t o o ccur , an d the g.g. ALFRED MELLON'S CO NCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Eight.—ROYAL ;ITALIAN Or 6RA, COVENT-GARDEN. Th e folTowinz disting uished Artistes will appear This Levy, Even. i ng : —Mdlle. Carlot ta Patti, Mlle. Mario ebs ; Mr. 3)lr. Patey, M. Niedzielski (the young Polish Vio.linist, and All Ben Sou-alle. BAND OF ONE Mr. HUNDRED PERFORMkIRS. C on ductor, ALFRED 3IELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphithtatre, One 15hilung. 00 Thursday nest, Aug. 18, a Mendelssohn OAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and M a nager, Mr. Geo. Vining. EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy o,Kafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Ater which, THE bTREETS OF LONDON. 3lessrs. Vinivg, J. W . . Ray. D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre H. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Ala/Bton, Miss .Emma Barnett, and Miss 1' ,nny Gwynne. T HEATRE-RO YAK., ADELP Hl. oo te Proprietor and Manager. ,sir. B. Webster. " 2- Zus I'.VENTING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Y. Bedford, R. Phillips, and Mr . Alfred Mellon. After wlllO, MASKS AN D FACES. Messrs. B. Webster g,-, , P. Bedford, 1!.. Phillips, Billing, , ton, Stuart; Mrs. btirlin jibs. Billing - ton. and Miss H. Simms. 'lO conclude with THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, R. and Miss Woolgir. Commence at 7. FMOSES AND b 0 IN 1 4 • respectfully call attention to their large and well. assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTIIING. 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But it appears from the testimony of European eye-witnesses, that the unfortunate Wretches flung themselves under the wheels, and the shouting crowds around them testified to the same effect. The chief part of the festival is the progress of the immense cars, of which most persons in this country have seen some kind of representation. They are about 60 feet high, built in four storeys, and are moved on six wheels. They are drawn by means of ropes which the fanatics eagerly dispute the honour of dragging, and being crowded with the Brahmins of various degrees who escort the idols are of no light weight. It certainly would not seem to a European to be a very attrac tive mode of committing suicide, to be crushed beneath the wheels of this slowly advancing mon ster. There have been not a few distraught mortals among ourselves who have flung away life and care before an express train, but the swiftness and cers tainty of the death might not be without its fas3i nation. The suicide remains to be found who would prostrate himself before an omnibus. The worst part of the affair is, that it affords us another proof of how strong a hold the fanaticism of their creed still has over the Hindoo mind, and it shows us how much yet remains to be done of our most important task. It is well to introduce English capital and enterprise, to encourage commerce and stimulate the dormant energies of the people by opening fresh channels for industry and developing the resources of the country, but England's work in India remains incomplete while such spectacles are possible. Our public works, when fully carried out, are likely to prove substantial blessings to many an Indian generation. The parched and famine-stricken lands will gather fresh verdure and fertility from the water works projected by English science; the trader and agriculturist will send his goods down the canal on the highway which Eng lish enterprise has opened to him ; while the marvels of steam and electricity will bring their blessings to the people; but so long as suttee, in fanticide, and human sacrifices form part of the Hindoo code, our task will not be done. There is nothing more difficult than to uproot an ancient faith, and to substitute a new one in its place; but, as the old Latin adage tells us, " truth is great and must prevail." It is the ignorance of the Hindoos that is the stronghold of their superstition, and as the advancing tide of civilisation removes the bul wark, the fanaticism itself must surely give way. Oar duty as a Government is, undoubtedly, to leave the work to time and tolerance, not to interfere harshly or violently with native prejudice. But we have manifestly a right, in the maintenance of public order, to repress with the strong hand of the law such atrocities as those of the Juggernaut pro cession, the suttee, and others which offend our national code of Christian morality. It is to be hoped that for the future the authorities will watch the proceedings of Juggernaut and his votaries a little more closely, and make some person, or per. sons, responsible for the proper and orderly conduct of the great procession of the ears. The Last Year of the Old Fire Insurance Duty. As the year 1863 was the last in which the uni form duty of 3s per cent. was levied for the whole period, the Parliamentary return on this subject, just issued, has a special interest. From it we find that the Sun is the largest insurance company hav ing its principal office in London, and the Royal is the largest whose chief establishment is in the pro vinces. The next companies in order of magnitude to the Sun and the Royal are the Phoenix and the London and Liverpool. The amount paid by all the London companies was £999,971, and by all the country ones £715,152 ; the total being £55,207 in excess of the previous year. This increase is, how ever, very unequally distributed among the different offices, some having contributed a material advance of business, and others showing a decrease. The largest increase is again exhibited, as in several previous years, by the Royal Insurance Company, which, indeed, figures for nearly on.e-fourth of the whole. Of course, the year 1861 will show a great diminution in the duty collected by all the insurance companies, as the reduced rate on stock commenced in April of this year. Annexed is a table of the respective increases and decreases in the duty payments of all the offices for 1863 as compared with 1862: IR CREASES. Cl: , nrch of England £177 11 5 Royal .... ..... .X 12,934 8 101 Uuardign L'pool ez London.lo,7lo 5 2 Scottish NationaL 159 14 3 North British and Sheffield Mercantile .... 7,981 1 5 Essex and Suffolk 12) 2 8 London 4 Lancas. 5 0 10 17 7 Norwich Union Queen '4,897 1 4 Blanchester....... IL9 16 2 Commercial Unioli 4.363 15 6 Town and County Northern. Imp , rial •• • ..... 2,645 0 3 Shropshire and A11iance........, 2,505 11 5 N or th Wilts County .... ........ 1,505 3 5 Volunteer Service 83 7 7 Plicenix. ......... 1,828 0 3 Notts aJd Derby,. 79 14 5 Law .... ........ 1,715 12 8 alp ScoCtish Union .. 1,292 1 0 Emperor London 1,219 15 6 West of England. 36 51i (;eneral 1,020 11 8 N orw i ch Equitable 14 2 2 Provincial Law Union Royal Exchange 7 9 02 1 0 &c. Hand in Hand .. 700 17 7 Netherlands Caledonian ...... 663 16 7 Equitable Scottish Provincial 550 15 9 Hants, Su.sex, & Yorkshire 50516 7 Dorset B.rmingham .... 320 2 4 Preserver Lancashire afidland Counties 240 18 9 Union •• 170 18 o Globe Leeds & York sra 315 2 8 National of Ireland 125 11 8 lt 235 3 7 Atl as 3OO 13 7 Kent District . Royal Farmers .. 189 18 0 S un ....... 4,416 13 ,k THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Webster, -as Triplet, in "Masks and Faces," All theatre-going Londoner's, who may happen to be still detained in town, are, at any rate in one respect, in luck's way, for that precise reason— because they yet happen to be Londoners! If they have but the smallest capacity for appreciating what it is that constitutes the true genius of acting, they may find, any evening this week, upon the stage of the Adolphi Theatre, far more than merely compensation for the delay of their holidays, whether at the seaside or upon the continent. In saying this we speak strictly within the mark, feelingly, and from our own expes rience. Announced for six representations (that is, for the whole of this present week, beginning with lee% evening), "Masks and Faces"—the celebrated comedy written conjointly, after the Beaumont and Fletcher fashion, by Tom Taylor, Playwright, and Charles Reade, Novelist—is now being nightly enacted by the Adelphi Company ! With Mrs. Stirling—sparkling, perennial, sterling Mrs. Stir ling—as the Peg Wellington I With, alto gether, one of the very best casts, there has ever yet been upon any boards, of this exquisite Hale two-act drama I Above all, with Mr. Benjamin Webster as Triplet—that true Artist's Original Character I Mr. Webster's Triplet —we do not hesitate to pronounce (and this without one single exception) the very finest piece of acting that can anywhere now-as days Le witnessed. It is a truly noble and affecting impersonation. For ourselves, we could witness it any number of times, night after night, and with increasing satisfaction. It is more than simply a creation of consummate art. It has—besides —that one ineffable touch perfecting every truly great work of art, that " one touch of nature," that not only (as the greatest of poets says) ".makes the whole world kin," but that stamps the true metal of the artist with the royal " hall mark "of Genius. Mr. Webster's Triplet is, in a single word, a masterpiece. Throughout his impersonation of Triplet, whenever he is before the footlights in " Masks and Faces," he does whatever he lists with us as part of his audience —he is absolute master of our tears and of our laughter Often and often, during the two acts, he is master of them (of our tears and of our laughter) together—simultaneously So wonders fully, indeed, are the pathetic and the ludicrous mingled together in his performance of Triplet—in the every ton 3 of his voice, in the every glance of his eye, in all the quivering nerves of his mobile counte nance—that, again and again, we are gazing at him— with laughing eyes—through our tears. Whatever we might write thus of Mr. Webster's Triplet could not by any passibility be couched in words of extravagance or exaggeration. And this, for the simple reason, that the character of Triplet as repre-, sented by Benjamin Webster could not, to our mind by any possibility be portrayed by anyone with a nearer approach to perfection—with an art so ex quisitely finished of its kind as to bear all the semblance of the absolute artlessness of Nature. In which of the principal scenes or situations of the drama, the genius of the Actor appears the most conspicuously, we should find it difficult indeed in any way to decide. Whether in the opening scene of the First Act, where Triplet, with his three tragedies just returned upon his hands from Mr. Rich, the manager, renews his forgotten acquaint ance with Peg Woffington —or in the banquets ting room at Mr. Vane's, where Mabel Vane touches the poor starving Poet's very heart with her kindness, plying him the while with wine and biscuits—or (" last scene of all" in this same "strange eventful" comedy of " Masks and Faces"), in the wretched garret where James Triplet, Poet, Playwright, Painter, Musi cian, Man of Arts, and Man of Letters, toils and starves with his poor invalid wife and his hungry little children ! Artistically viewed, perhaps the scene of scenes in the whole drams, is one last mentioned. Though the others, the • preceding scenes, aro not one jot less admirably, are not one jot less inimitably touched into reality by the genius of the actor. Hogarth's immortal picture of "The Poet's Ciatret" is therein— particularly in the opening part of the last wonderful scene in "Masks and Faces"—Hogarth's pictare, is, as it were, now being nightly realized upon the stage of the Adelphi ! And is being realized,too, as (by the necessity of his dumb art) the powers of the great national painter's hand perforce failed to re)lise it ! It is now virtually being realized, in other words, night after night, at the Adelphi Theatre—it is being realized there audibly as well as visibly— thanks to the marvellous capabilities for realization appertaining, EIVOng all the arts, alone to the his trionic art, as d3fined by Th omas C amp b e ll, w h ere the Poet of Hope sings "Till 13! the mighty Actor wrought, ni ns iaas perfect triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy thought, And foulpture—" (he might also, as in this instance, have said painting) ---" to ba dumb." Here, in this last act of" Masks and Faces," now, for at least every owning during this present week, it is as if in Hogaith's "Poet's Garret," the affecting drama of a real human life was being played out nightly by a Pcor Poet. Not (like Hogarth':-) a mere painted semblaine of a Poet--but one living, moving, breathing, toiling, weeping, laughing in our presence mastering all our tenderest emotions in turn While we watet him—surrounded, now by his patient wife and prattling children, now by radiant, kindly Peg Woffiogtd2 and her entourage of wicked beaux and cynical cities, Mr Snarl and Colley Cibber, Ernest Vane, and Sir Charles Pomander ! To see for the first time "Webster's Triplet, in " Masks and Faces," i s — w e would here quite confidently assert it —nothing less than an event in the life of the most fastidious of playgoers —and an event, too, that that most fastidious of playgoers must ever after wards bear with delight among the very choicest of his rEcolleetiors. Death of Alexander liastie, Esq. It will be to many a source of deep regret to learn that Glasgow has lo s t ano th e r of her public men in the d ea th o f Al'. A. H as ti e , who for ten years repro; sented the eft* in Parliament. The melancholy event took Piece on the morning o f S at u r day last, at 3 . 30 at Luker House, near Du nfer mline , Mr Hastie had an a t tac k o f c erebral paralysis about six months ago, from the effects of which he suf.. fered for soma time, but he bad so far recovered as to be able partially to resume some of those duties to which he has more or less devoted him.. self during a p re tt y l eng thened connection with Glasgow. Last we e k he took his place as president of the Ch am b er of Commerce and Manufacture s , an d appeared to b e a g Shortly before he hatl . this good deal recovered, although still feeble-lo o ki ng. attack of p ara l ys i s, he purc hased the estate o f Lug kar, near Dunfermline, for we understand the sum of £70,000 or £ 75,000. S o me time w as necessary to prep are it for the residence of himself and family, and. last Thitrsday he left Glasgow, where, we believe, he had been residing for the last few months, to enter upon the possession of it. On that occasion Lis hmlth appeared to be considerably bet. ter, and the announcement of his death only two days afterwards came upon a few of his friends in Glasgow somewhat suddenly. Mr Hastie has left a widow (the daughter of Mr Napier of Shandon) and tw o d aughters, g i rls o f s i x an d n i ne years of age, to mo urn hi s l oss , a ll O f who m h a d t h e melan choly satisfaction of being with him in his dying motaints, having accompanied him from Glasgow on Thursday. Mr Hestia was, we believe, in the 60th or 00th year of his age.—Mail. THE CONFEDERATE CRUISER FLORlDA.—Yester day a telegraphic message was received at Lloyd's, dated Lisbon, Aug. 15, announcing that intelligence had been received at that port, dated Bahia, July 28, that the Confederate war steamer Florida, in company with the steam cruiser Electric Spark, had just captured the Federal merchant ship Imfican, Captain Delills, bound from Cali fornia to New York, having 70,000 dole in specie on board, and an extremely valuable cargo. The Florida took out the treasure and portions of her cargo and her crew. The vessel and her cargo, valued at £20,000, were then set fire to and destroyed. Admiral the Hon. Edward and Mr. Howard have lef t Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Woolbeding, Swot. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Europa.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 2. The news from the Army of the Potomac is of an important character. Another attack upon the de fences of Petersburg has resulted in disaster to the Federal arms. Oa the 28th June, under the super intendence of Col. Pleasant, an experienced Penn.. sylvania mining engineer, the Federals commenced to undermine a fort mounting six guns, considered the key to the first lino of the Confederate works, By the 28th July the work was successfully accom plished. The tunnel leading to the mine was 500 feet in length, four feet wide at the bottom, and two feet at top, its height being five and a half feet. Six tons of powder were deposited in the mine : co-operate arrangements being effected, early on the morning of the 30th of July the mine was ex ploded with tremendous effect ; an immense column of dirt, timber, and other debris was thrown to a height of 300 feet; the fort was utterly demolished, and the garrison, composed of South Carolina troops, all either killed or wounded. Immediately after the explosion the Federal artillery opened a furious fire, under cover of which the Federals charged and captured nearly the entire first line of the Confederate entrenchments. The coloured troops of Burnside's corps were then advanced in two columns to sustain tha assaulting force and carry the minor works. The negroes at first ad vanced in good order, but, being furiously charged upon by the Confederates, they finally gave way and fled in confusion to the rear. The Confederates now bore down upon the white troops, forcing them back, and inflicting upon them severe loss. General Bartlett and staff, and twelve or fourteen hundred Federals were made prisoners. The officers of the coloured troops suf fered severely while endeavouring to rid!) , their men. The slaughter of the negroes is said to have been fearful. The entire Federal force finally re. treated, under a severe fire of grape and canister, back to their own lines. The total Federal losses are estimated at from four to five thousand. Dur ing the charge immediately following the explosion of the mine the Federals are reported to have cap. Lured four hundred prisoners. The Confederate troops engaged were mostly South Carolinians, under the immediate command of Beauregard. It is reported that on the day following the battle General Grant went to Fortress Monroe, and had a protracted consultation with President Lincoln. Latest advices, which are up to nine p,m on the 31st, state that hostilities had not been renewed. Grant had asked a truce to bury the dead. This the Con federates refused, but a truce was finally agreed upon, and the dead were being buried, and the wounded lying between the two lines cared for. The Confederates refused to exchange newspapers, and had suspended all communication between the pickets. This was thought to indicate that Lee was executing some important movement, and was guarding against the possibility of its detection. Cars were heard running all night on the 30th, and it was rumoured that Lee was throwing forward heavy reinforcements either to Early or Hood. Prisoners report that Lee has for some time past been undermining the Federal works. No Con. federate accounts of the battle on the 30th have been received. The new Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania and Maryland seems to be enveloped in mystery. It is not known definitely to the publio where or in what force the invaders are. A Harrisburg de.. spatch reports them moving to Bedford County ; another despatch represents them to be marching against Hancock, while another report is that they have entirely evacuated Pennsylvania, and are only in small force in Maryland. Nothing positive is known, but the general belief is that the main body of the Confederates is still between Winches ter and Martinsburg in the Shenandoah Valley, and that small bodies of cavalry are still operating in Pennsylvania. The report of the destruction of a portion of Chambersburg by the raiders is con firmed. It is stated that a force of about 250 under M'Causland entered the town on the afternoon of the 30th ult., and after an unsuccessful attempt to levy a contribution on the inhabitants of 500,000 doll., fired the town in several places, after inform ing the people that the town would be destroyed in retaliation for outrages perpetrated in the Shen andoah Valley by the forces under Hunter. The Federal forces under General Averil came up during the conflagration, but, being unable to subdue the flames, started at once in pursuit of the raiders, who had fled upon Averill's approach. It was re ported that Averill overtook and routed them et M'Connellsburg. About 250 houses and public buildings were destroyed at Chambersburg, in■ volving a loss of several millions of dollars, and causing great suffering among the inhabitants. Latest advices from General Sherman , a army report that on the 27th ult. General Hood made another attack upon Sherman's intrenohed position, but was repulsed with a loss of nearly 1,000 in killed. The Federal loss being a little over 600 in killed and wounded. Confederate accounts state that on the night of the 24th of July General Sherman attempted to break Hood's lines, but was repulsed by Cheatham after a sharp fight lasting an hour. General Hood has issued an address to his troops telling them that their safety in time of battle con sisted in getting into close quarters with their enemy, that if the Federals were allowed to con tinue their flanking movements the Confederate cause would be imperilled, but that recent operations had proved that his soldiers had the power to prevent it. The steamer Clara Bell was attacked on the 24th ult. by a Confederate battery near Carrollton Land ing and entirely destroyed. Richmmd papers announce the re-election of Govenor Vance, in North Carolina. Holden, the peace candidate, receiving but few votes. _ The Southern papers regard Vanca's election as an endorsement by the people of North Carolina of the policy of the Richmond Government. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 2, P.M. The money market is active, 7 per cent. being the current rate for loans on first-class securities. Government Securities are depressed on account of the war news, but the heavy European orders sustain prices against any serious fall. Registered Sixes of 1881, 105 ; Coupon do., 1041; Seven Thir ties, 107 ; Five Twenties, 107 ; One Year Certifi ficates, 931. Gold is quiet at 258, and exchange moderately active at 28 for bankers' bills. The Share Market is active. Erie, 1101; New York Central, 1301 ; Hudson River, 12911 Read ing, 137 ; Illinois Central, 138; Michigan Southern, 891; Chicago and Rock Island, 1131; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago, 1151. Flour.—Market quiet. 9 dole. 20c. to 9 dols. 40c. for superfine State and Western; 9 dole. 80c. to 10 dole. for extra State; 10 dole. 15c. to 10 dole. 25c. for choice State; 10 dole, 26e. to 10 dolo. 60c, for good shipping Ohio ; 10 dole. 75c. to 11 dols. 30c. for common ; and 11 dols. 40c. to 13 dole. for fancy and extra Southern ; 9 dole. 90c. to 10 dole. 20c. for common ; and 10 dols. 25c. to 12 dols. for fancy and extra Canadian. Wheat.—Steady. 2 dols 220 to 2 dols 40c for Chicago Spring; 2 dols 25e to 2 dols 41c for Mil wanksi Club; 2 dols 42c to 2 dole 453 for Ambir Milvvanksi.; 2 dole 58c for Winter Red Western ; and 2 dole 600 to 2 dols 62c for Amber Michigan. Pork.—Firm, 35 dole to 36 dols for mess; 40 dols to 40 dola 25e for new ditto; 45 dole for prime; and 37 dots for prime mess, Beef.—Dull. 18 dos to 20 dole for unpacked, and 22 dol3 to 26 dols for extra mess. Ashes.—Quiet. 13 dols 50c for pots, and 15 dols 25c to 15 dols 50c for pearls. Cotton.—S toady. 1 dol 63c to 1 dol C4c for mid dling Uplands. Petroleum.—Steady. 50c to 51c for refined, and 82c to 83c for refined in bond. SPAIN. SAN SEBASTIAN, AuG. 15, Evening. The inauguration of the Northern and Spanish Railway took place to-day. The King of Spain arrived at San Sebastian at HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 15. The Queen and Royal family walked in the grounds this morning. E,•rl Russell has left Osborne. His Royal Highness the Dake of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, the Bon. Col, Curzon, and a lady in waiting, arrived in Aberdeen on Saturday 11 the limited mail train at 12 30 p.m.; and after taking lun cheon in the Douglas Hotel, and visiting various parts of the city, the party left by the Dees:de train at 2 30 p.m. for Aboyne, on their way, it is understood, to Abergeldie, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. His Excellency the Danish Minister, M. de Bills , is expected t o l eave t own , t o -d ay or t o - morro w, for Denmark. It is said his exc e ll enc y w ill re t urn t o this country wit hin a few weeks in order to ma rr y Mi ss Doraville. The Duke of Leinster l ea ves town in a day or two for Carton House, Maynooth. of The Marquis Cony ng h am h as left Cowes, Isle Wight, in his yacht, for Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Seafield have left Castle Grant, for his lordship's shooting-box at Balcarran, where a select party is about to meet the noble earl. The Countess of Listowel has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from the Continent, The Earl and Countess of Eglinton will enter' tain a select party at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, during the preseiat month. The Count de Blome has left the Clarendon Sotel for Paris. Lord West has arrived in Grosvenor-street on his way to Scotland. h ot el Lord Knisington and femiiy have left the Mirabeau, Paris, for Germany. Baron A. de Rothschild has left Thomas's Betel' Berkeley-square, for Vienna. Lady William Russell has been indisposed for the past few days, Sir A. and Lady Arabella Bannerman are cruising off Cowes, in their beautiful yacht, the Gem. left Colonel Farquharson of Invercauld has Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Scotland. The New Bower Operetta House. This little theatre, which had become notoriously one of the most objectionable places of amusement in London, has been recently taken by Mr Walter Kimber, with the view not only to "revive its fortunes," but at the same time to introduce a higher class of more pleasing entertainments for the play-going public "down about this 'ere quarter." The spirited me.nager commenced by thoroughly sweeping into a the old & ugean stable, which is now transformed a neat, comfortable, and pleasing little operetta house. Mr Kimber merits every success for his bold effort to raise the fortunes of a truly fallen house. The company which has been got together, as a whole, is a fair and passable one. Four pieces were put on t h e stage last evening, and on the whole creditably performed, viz., "The Kiss and the Rose," by Howard Payne, and " Her only Failing," a hew and original comedietta by Smyth Lee, Esq. In 'this piece Miss Emma Mansell manifested her talents as an actress, and her very beautiful song, "The heading of the heart," was loudly and deservedly encored. The new burlesque of " C ymon and Iph i gen ia is smartly written, and seemed well adapted to the place and the audienc e , an d wa s car r i e d out with great sp i ri t on the part of all the adore. "Iced Champagne" oloood the evening's programme. There is just one word in passing that we would whisper into the ear of the manager, and that is, to avoid injudic!- 'ously using too large capital letters in announcing his "swans," for somehow if the public are disappointed when the bird has been seen and heard, they aro very likely to say, ' well, it is but a ' goose' after all." STRUGGLE ON TUE PARAPET OF LONDON ZEIDGE.—Last evening Mr. Payne, the city corqr.Zi, held an inquest at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Southwark, respecting the death by su i c id e o f M ary Ann Mane, aged 43. John Nare, No. 3, Blue Anchor-road, BemondseY) said that lost Sunday morning, about 8 o'clock, he Was crossing London-bridge. A boy called out to him — "Master, there is a woman going to drown herself !" Ho then saw the deceased with coo leg over the parapet of the lJridge. She was standing in the middle recess of the centre ar, h. He rushed forward and caught hold of her by the arm. She struggled fearfully. He tried to pull her tack, but could not do so. He then let her go,aril :tee P,li into the water. Her head was first dashed as , - • work of the bridge. The witness juA 4 ' slLdt the ~ saved him own life. Geo. Mann, No. 10, Great Artl. .ur-street, St. Luke's, a cigar-maker, said that the I .eecased was his wife. For the last eight weeks she hP . : stone u been very ill. Sho frequently said she would go and ' pains in her t• ,sown herself, because she had dreadful had falls sack. sack. M rs E . Speller said that the deceased t AL do a w ß n a stairs last Thu rs d ay . Af ter that she said t o u w r - . THE ALABAMA -4 verdictsB "I fe e l so l ow-spirited that I shall go and kill myself." Th o coroner having summed up the jury re mof4"ASNuip str "Suicide while R of ._ uns A o l u re nd d mi y n c d a c tain Semmes' nar ra ti ve of his cruises on board the Alabama and Sumter has reached a second edition, and Messrs liaunders, Otley, and Co., announce that the work has been carefully revised, noon. The religious ceremonies having been performed, and the engines having received the benediction, M. Isaac Pereire addressed his Majesty. A banquet followed at which the King presided, having on his right the Minister of Commerce and M. Emile Pereire, and on his left the Minister of the Interior and M. Isaac Pereire. The King was applauded with enthusiasm. No toasts were proposed. The Cabinet of Madrid has ordered Gen. Prim, ex-commander of the Spanish army in Mexico, to ieave the capital, and has assigned him a fixed resi dence at Oviedo. This measure has been taken in consequence of the agitation recently prevailing at Madrid, and of the attempts at revolt made o❑ other points. Gen. Prim is of the Progressista party. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE, ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, AUG. 6. Her Majesty's surveying steamer, Margaretta Stephenson, returned hero this morning with Cyrus W. Field, Esq , on board. Heart's Content, Trinity Bay, has been selected as a landing place for the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. The harbour is one of the best in Newfound land. The Great Eastern can anchor within one mile of the landing place. FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. 15. The fete yesterday passed off very successfully-. The illuminations were splendid, and the concourse 9f people immense. The Emperor cline to Paris, and was warmly cheered wherever he was recognised; On the occasion of the Emperor's fete a conside rable promotion has been made in the army. Generals of Brigade, Count de Cierambault, Guiod, and de Castagny have been promoted to the rank of General of Division, and Colonels Saget, De Lamorte Charens Franeoniere, itibourt, Daportal Dagoasmeur, Brayer, lklartenot de Cordonne, Pelle, Begougne de Janke, d'Espinassy do Venel, Barrel Danot, Aymard, and de Lascours to that of General of Brigade. The list also contains the names of 18 persons promoted colonels, and 35 lieutenant colonels. Other decrees on the proposition of the Minister of State make 13 promotions to the rank of com mander, la to that of officer, and 9 nominations to that of knight—Minister of Justice, two officers and 16 knights—Ministers of War, 12 commanders; 48 officers ; 321 knights—Minister of the Beaux- Arts, one officer and two knights. On the proposi tion of the Minister of War 530 military medals have been conferred on sub-officers, corporals, and privates in the army ; and on that of the Minister of Marine, 161 on warrant officers and seamen in the navy. Baron de Waecbter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Wurtem berg, had the honour of a private audience of the Emperor on Sunday, at St Cloud, to deliver his new credentials. His Majesty also received a reply from the King of Bavaria to the letters by which the Emperor had put an end to the mission filled by Count de Reculot at Munich. By Imperial decree Rear-Admiral Paris, Director General of the Depot of Naval Charts and Plans, and Rear-Admiral Reynaud, Commandant-in-Chief of the Naval Direction of the Antilles and of North America, have been promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral, and Captains do Dompierre, and Penhost to that of Rear-Admiral. The Prince of Augustenburg, it appears, has resolved to defer to the desire of the Diet, relative to the justification of his claim to the succession. Counsellors Samwer, Michelsen, and Haenel have been charged to draw up this memorandum which, at most, can only reproduce the documents and arguments already known. Several journals have stated that the Prince had been requested to leave the country, but advises from Hamburg represent these rumours to be altogether unfounded. BOURSE, Aug. 13.—Market firm, but without any material improvement in the amount of busi ness. Threes are now at 66f. 45c. Mobilier have slightly improved, having been last done at 1,016 f. 25c. Railway Market firm, with but trifling varia tion in prices. The market closed as follows : ft per Cents. 95 1)o. end month.... Italian Loan GS 30 Do. end month 6B 35 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Austrian 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 66 45 Credit Mobilier..., 1017 50 Do. end month.... 1016 25 Bank Shares 3380 Spanish Threes.., Rome Debt Credit Foneier 1220 Roman - Deferred RAILWAYS. Orisan. Cash. Account. 682 50 .. 885 -- 982 50 .. 982 50 922 50 .. 926 25 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern 643 75 .. 64.2 50 Western Eastern Sardinian .. 350 .. 347 50 Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa 515 .. 510 Ditto to Barcelona The French Tribunal of Correctional Police last week tried M. Repos, the responsible editor, and M. Riquier, the printer, of the journal La TarOISSe, for having published a periodical treating of political matters without first ob taining the authorisation of the Government. The article incriminated was on the Pontifical Brief of Lyons, The Tribunal condemned each of the prisoners to a month's imprisonment with 100 f, fine, and ordered that the journal should cease to appear. DEATH OF IVIIss KATHERINE SOUTHEY.— r fhe last living link connecting the name of Southey with Keswick has just passed away, more than 60 years having elapsed since the late Laureate fixed his residence in the lake metropolis, Miss Katherine Southey, the third and only unmarried daughter of the poet, was born at Greta hall, and reached her 54th year on Monday. She had been for some time confined to her room, and died on Friday night of congestion of the brain, at Lairthwaite - cottag e, Keswick, where her aunt, Mrs Lovell, expired a few years since. By the death of Miss Southey a civil list pension of £lOO par annum reverts to the Crown. She will be buried on Tuesday in Crosthwaite churchyard, under the shade of Skiddaw, where already repose her father and mother, her brother Herbert, the eldest-born, and her sisters Emma and Isabel. CARDIGANSHIRE.—In the event of Col. Powell resigning his seat for this county—a contingency more than probable —we have authority for stating that Sir Thomas Lloyd, of Bronwydd,will solicit the suffrages of the electors as an independent supporter of Lord Pahnerston'a Govern , ment. CRYSTAL PALACE,—This day and during the week, by the kindness of Sir Joseph Paxton, the grounds of Rockhills, adjoining the palace, will be open to the in spection of visitors to the palace, between the hours of two and six, er ortihr Dna 41 GREAT STRIKE OF DOCK WOEICO LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY. „ I A number of men, variously estimated at between ev and 1,200, are this morning wandering about Rotherhitbe' and the Grand Surrey and Commercial Docks, havil3gin dulged in ono of these " s t r ik es " hich have proved, &° formidable in past times in other trades. On this occasion the strike does not arise out of nnY difficulties with regard to time or hours of labour, but airs?' a Forquestion of wages. some months past there seems to have been s gr eWills spirit of dissatisfaction amongst the class of mell are t known as deal porters, landing sorters and Pi ler ' a e these large establishments, and as their services ka been of a very important ; character in the Prose cution of the business, as well as of a very ardu°ll .! nature, many attempts have b een ma d e by the autherlt ties to conciliate them, but the number allwef: whom the dissatisfaction originally arose has r a pi dly creased, until at length it has culminated in the s trike. a Some of the best of these workmen formerly re eei t" ,,„ about 5s a day, b u t as business became more pre ssing i amount of pay was increa se d un til it reac hed as re r some cases as 7s 10d a day. S o l arge an amount, howeuveo; was only received during about half the Ye ar ', ' 4- k s , is what may be called the w or ki ng b us i nes s of the and conducted by contractors, acting under the di rectors, and the large amount of business th e y undertak e seem°to k. have impressed the men with the idea that they were rat' ing large fortunes out of their l a b our , a nd that they shoo d more fully participate in these advantages. The oontractoti however, took a different view of the case, and concede fu that the wages they allowed were ample, refused y fur ther increase. - The men who have struck seem likely to be thrown into a very deplorable position. At present they are not suffer lb i ing from absolute destitution, as in some cases some ICI portions of their last week's wages are unspent. A differen state of things, however, will necessarily have arise n at tho f end of this week, if they persevere in remaining cut ° their employment. They have no trades unions of their own, and no funds on which they can draw during th e strike. It is said that other societies and trades to wilt )° these men lent aid when they were in a similar position 'will, aid them, but such contributions will necessarily be Ye l l small. This morning about half a dozen of the men who stitic have gone into the docks with their tools, and havo re commenced work. They have been received without ADY remarks being made upon theft conduct, and the contractor° have determined on adopting the most conciliatory to ns towards all who wish to return. At the same time, thei have expressed their determination not to yield a siog ia inch, and this morning they have transferred men free' other departments to do the work which the men out on strike have left unperformed. There are foreign workmen, too, whom the contractors will be compelled to put on, u ° the business of the docks is just now very heavy. The police report that no disturbances have ye t taken place, and that the men seem disposed to be qu iet. A strong: force of police, however, is scattered about i n the event 01 any violent measures being adopted. ra p e r o t ; 11 great l' erosee drawbackms to to b o the n businessdo übt o f that t h the d strike fore o i k will re but that difficulty the contractors expres s themselvo9 P pared to meet at whatever cost. s .m...------- ---- "=" --- " - "-- - ' ------. READING ALOUD. —There is no position in whic h civilised man can possibly feel less complacent thas when he undertakes to read his own effusions aloud before a literary censor. In giving readings in public, he is co ra" paratively at ease, sin ce b y their very presence the audielic e tacitly confess their inferiority, and he knows that he would on n ot return the compli ment b y listening to one o f them any account whatever. But when a critical individual has the right of saying : "I don't quite follow you there;" or " I doubt whether that scene be not somewhat coarse;" or (heavens and earth 1), "Excuse me, but do you not thing that that last chapter was just little tedious ?" I say th a t ' under such circumstanc es, there is no man more to be pit ic d than the sucking author. Only imagine if the critical pal should be drowsy, and te unhappy rea der be cot:W.lle_ to resort to unworthy devices to recall him to a sense of 1 1 situation—such as dropping the manuscript with ag r jA tn deal of noise and fluttering; inquiring with anxiety to ' 0 ; whether the wretch found himself quite comfortable; even remarking with meaning : " Be so good, lklr Critic?, ", to give me your best attention during the ensuing ePi s ' cle 't . eE I wo- Can any position be more humiliating ? Can self r er be destroyed by any more appall i ng method ? 1 all h B ,: ' -: g b, No ; not at least within the lim its of probability. A lt : ~,eila perhaps, a parallel situation may be found in 8 ° 133 7, „oc eff,irt of the imagination, such as the being appointe' - o w tioneer while our infants are being disposed. of 11. 1, P iei ll ders roup, when the depreciatory remarks of very snt all "-- , in might perhaps produce an equal pain. A traged ial big want of an engagement, giving a private specia ls° , iL cif ;' as Leah , before an audience of one, before a manager—apostro and phisi t h a t one,ng the alsPer"ine),-,01 8, 10 Jew bankrupt—must find it trying work. , - ' i s not uttering his own sentiments, the self-chesen larTh weighed of his own heart, each carefully-coined and well- , . iago word of which is dear to him. One's proposal a nlrs. per' to some beautiful and accomplished young fe n ' a bace haps as embarrassing: but then it is soon over. ile -.'e °ur 100 not to plead for a couple of hours or so, wh- - • ° ,,, ig ages makes no sign, either ono way or the other, but r oc w ill do. In particular, . But then tea herself indifferently, with a toothpick, " your eprootrY to any advantage under such circumstances. l' ilera l c I th." it is impossible to read orlebai; eho i o t. wheels jar in the gate through which,we bdri" Jtournal,. From Married Beneath. Him, in eltain- irs. , s na m r . Y. a• KILLED BY A WAGGON. --Lust eveu' eat a l; 0 8 Richards, the deputy coroner, held an in c l u '' v ,,,, It London Hospital as to the death of a woman unkno ,est appeared by the evidence that on Thursday aorninglir the deceased was standing at the corner of Great Gard, ,„ self up by leaning street, Whitechapel, in a state of intoxiation, holding. het' street, her dress ; sh‘' e with several hogsheads of sugar touched steP into the carriageway, and before the driver had time to . jell the horses the wheels passed over her body and arws, NY. R .. ,, i _ against a post, when a waggon 1 gads it were fearfully crushed. She was removed to the hosPll7; whore she died from severe internal injuries. The driy. was driving with reins and was going at a walking Pa , e , l After the evidence of the house-surgeon thd jury return a verdict of " Accidental death." THE DROUGHT AT THE IRON AND COAL W°: 81;:5 d . --The scarcity of water is so great at the iron, and coal works of South Wales, that at taanY stand'otaimanta the principal departments are at a complet e et still. Hundreds of hands are in consequence thrown Quio of employ, and both masters and Men are suffering b l y o f drought. The rain that fell last week brought a suPE J cb , water for a day or two, but the reappearance of the C O ing hot weather has caused a seoond drought, a ' ibs severer than the one a fortnight ago. As instances /I:Led great loss to trade from want of water, it may be nicat' ° ~,f , that at severa l works the make of iron and tin-patcs foreie;, L 0:),.. last six weeks could have been turned out in one ft `l e s o with an ample supply of water. Even the canals. tor short of water that the boats are unable to accomplish journeys within the usual time. CO severe ly COMPENSATION FROM A RAILWAY 1'A141.---' We understand that Mr. Hodgson, who Was 8 ° . 8 , ;oe , injured by the accidmt which occurred on the Peeebifteestie'd A near Peuicuick, at the back end of last year, lies effected compromise with the North British lieu of ' ilwaY d ,, inage , „ a d who undertake to pay him £l,OOO in expeneee.—Debiesshire 44coraser.